APRIL FOOLS!

April 1, 2010

"If a man would persist in his folly,he would become wise." William Blake

We are being Fooled and being surrounded by Fools!

Mother Nature sure seems to have a sense of humor these days....first it's snow in all 49 states then the ddeluge in the North East! Most of Rhode Island is underwater and it's not even hurricane season yet! Do you think She may be trying to tell us something!?

Then we have the absolutely ludicrous discord in Washington, with political babies whining and throwing tantrums because they don't get their way, spouting hatred that hasn't been seen in this country since the Civil Rights Movement! What is so hard about sharing abundance? Obviously they don't really believe in the precepts about sanctity of Life and family values that they spout over the "hate waves"...ooo, I meant to say "air ways".

There is something VERY, VERY wrong here!Or, perhaps, Very, Very Right!
So it seems appropriate that we should give some consideration to "The Fool" as it appears in the Tarot.

The FOOL is the wanderer and, with no fixed number, he is free to utilize his energetic and curious nature by going where he will and challenging the established order. He is the consummate Trickster, he moves freely between worlds, gathering information and sowing chaos in his wake. Author Sallie Nichols in her book, "Jung and the Tarot: An Archetypal Journey", notes that, " the Fool's spontaneous approach to life combines wisdom, madness and folly. When he mixes these ingredients in the right proportion the result is miraculous, but when the mixture curdles, everything can end up in a sticky mess." (The word "fool" is derived from the Latin "follis" meaning bellows or windbag. This is certainly a good description of Washington right now!)

The Trickster aspect of The Fool is totally amoral, undisciplined and chaotic. The Fool takes risks and trusts in the Divine to uphold them as they walk off the cliff, totally oblivious as to what lies below. They are totally ready to turn the world on its head to get attention. The other side to this coin is the Total Faith and Trust in the Sublime Order of All under the Divine.

The Fool can also represent the duality of the "Trickster/Hero". As with the traditional tricksters, Loki, of Norse myth, or the Native American Coyote, the norm may be challenged, torn apart and transformed. Where there is destruction, there is also the opportunity for catharsis and a new beginning. So while we may find our complacent norm being shaken deeply at this time, we may, at the end of the struggle, find some form of salvation.... (whether its a new health care coverage for all, or finally Peace in the Middle East)

In regards to the politics of our day, working with the Fool asks us to to remember the Chinese adage which notes that the Chinese character for the word "crisis" holds within it the word "Opportunity".

The FOOL is noted by the "Zero". It is a cipher of great power, for it represents the Cosmic Egg from which all creation arose and continues to arise. The Zero, like the Fool, is indestructible but ever changing. It represents the eternal planets, the great dome of the sky and the great round of Nature itself. The chaos of the weather patterns now arising show us that we must live in concert with natural forces somehow and release the idea that man made constructs invincible.This seems to be something we have forgotten as we advanced to armor ourselves with technology. Perhaps Mother Nature is fooling with us in order to bring back some semblance of balance and accord between man and his world.

Remember, The Fool is on a journey. He possesses all the tools he will ever need in his sack. Though he may blindly go where no man has gone before, leaving upheaval in his wake, he has a great lesson to teach us, the lesson of Faith. There is always tomorrow. We always have the opportunity to wake up and do it differently.

Namaste
Cris
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